THree u. S. Senators announced today that they have tested positive John Hickenlooper of colorado, independent Angus King of Maine And Roger wicker of mississippi all say they are fully vaccinated. That comes as parts of the country, particularly the south, are being pummelled by the delta variant. Alabama has no, zero Icu Beds left. In fact, its in negative territory. With some patients being treated on gurr. Alabamas Republican Cover declared a State Of Emergency last week as her states hospitals face this nightmare scenario, but still, she stood her ground on saying there will be no new statewide mandates. Her fellow republicans have been actively declaring war. Not on the virus, but on virus protections. Like in Neighboring Georgia where hospitals are also running out of Icu Beds. Governor Brian Kemp is banning local governments from requiring businesses to adopt Mask Mandates and in texas, where Health Officials warn the current surge could be worse than anything the state has yet
Hello and welcome to the programme, which brings together leading commentators in the uk with the foreign correspondents who write, Blog And Broadcast to audiences back home from the Dateline London. This week the Un Vaccinated become the un loved, and is democracy bound to wither in the arid lands of North Africa and The Middle East . Let me introduce our dateline panel. Mina Al Oraibis Family originated in iraq. Shes editor in chief of the national in abu dhabi. Ned temko, from the christian science monitor, was born in the United States but has spent much of his Career Reporting from the uk. With me in the studio, the british political Commentator Steve richards, who hosts the podcast rock n roll politics. Welcome to you all. A pandemic of the Un Vaccinated. The phrase used by us president Joe Biden on thursday illustrates a growing frustration among political leaders in countries fortunate enough to have stocks of covid vaccine that this hasnt been the Escape Hatch from Pandemic T
good day. i m chris jansing live in beautiful cleveland, ohio. this state home to one of the most critical and close races in the country. you can t go anywhere without finding someone with a strong political opinion. that doesn t mean their minds are made up. how many of you have decided on every single person you re going to vote for? no. i talked to a panel of cleveland area voters. all of them still waiting to cast their ballots about why they are still on the fence and whether the brutal attack might play a role in pushing them off. as we speak, the candidates are in five senate races separated by three points or less, including tim ryan and j.d. vance. but are voters happy with the choices that are out there? we ll talk about that and why millions of voters are identifying as independents and living their tickets potentially, a phenomenon not just in ohio but critical races around the country that could make a difference. finally, the message voters want to send to ca
hello, everyone. i m katy tur. good to be with you. we re going to department of justice where attorney general merrick garland is addressing bad actor, foreign meddling in this country. in china, alleged fugitives fled to foreign countries, including the united states. the prc has a history of targeting political dissidents and critics of the government who have sought relief and refer , refuge in other countries. the indictment alleges that the defendants working at the direction of the government of the prc engaged in a campaign of harassment, threats, surveillance, and intimidation, aimed at coercing the victim to return to china. we also allege that the defendants threatened and harassed the victim s family members, both in the u.s. and in china. the prc government forced the victim s nephew to travel from china to the united states to convey the prc s threats to the victim s son. the defendants threatened the victim, saying that quote, coming back and turning theirsel
he specifically saw at their home. he saw the speaker. in turn, when he could not locate her at the home, he turned his violence towards her husband. the horrific attack on paul pelosi and the horrific response from the right. it s weird things going on in the household in the last couple of weeks. tonight, the mainstream maga attempt to false flag the attack by a suspect who told the fbi that he wanted to kneecap the speaker of the house. then the simplest way to stop crimes like this is to get tough on crime. the republican midterm messaging on crime versus the reality in red states. do you believe we have higher crime than new york or california? that s what she just set. plus the justice department chimes in on voter intimidation in arizona, and lindsey graham s attempt to wriggle out of election interference subpoena, denied by the supreme court. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. just days after the husband of spea